It was a sea of yellow at the Ekana stadium here, the home ground of Lucknow Super Giants. There were hardly a few blue LSG jerseys on view. Wearing Chennai Super Kings’ yellow, especially bearing No 7, was the local fans’ tribute to MS Dhoni who was playing first ever game in Lucknow and probably his last too, though MSD has been non-committal about his retirement from the IPL. 

When he was asked at the toss if he was enjoying his swansong season, he shot back by telling commentator Danny Morrison: “You’ve decided that it’s my last season.” Nonetheless, wherever CSK play their away games this season, the fans have been wearing yellow jerseys and Lucknow on Wednesday was no exception.